ANTHROPOM'ETRY (the measurement of man), of late years much attended to by anthropologists, foremost among whom is Dr. A. Weisbach, chief physician to the Austro-Hungarian hospital in Constantinople. His measurements refer to 19 different peoples and more than 200 individuals from all parts of the earth, and take cognizance of the pulse, the length of the body, the circumference of the head, the height and length of the nose, as well as the comparison of the length of the arm and bones with each other. Thus, for example, the number of pulse-beats per minute varies within wide limits; the Congo negroes, 69, and, next to them, the Hottentots and Roumanians, 64, have the slowest pulses. Then follow the Zingani, 69; Magyars and Kafirs, 70; north Slays, 72; Siamese, 74; Sundanese anti Sandwich islanders, 78; Jews, Javanese, and Bugis, 77; Amboinese and Japanese, 78; and lastly, the Chinese, 79. The quickest pulses belong to the Tagals, 80; the Madurese and Nikobars, 84. As to height, the smallest among the peoples measured are the Hottentots. 128G millimeters; this is far below any other people, as the next, the Tagals, are 1362. Then follow the Japanese, 1569; the Amboinese, 1594; Jews, 1599; Zingani, 1609; Australiani, 1617; Siamese, 1622; Madurese, 1628; south Chinese, 1630; Nikobars, 1631; Roumanians, 1643; Sundanese; 1646; Javanese, 1657; Magyars, 1638; Bugis, 1661; north Slays, 1674; north Chinese, 1675; and Congo negroes, 1676. The longest measurements, however, are found among the Sandwich islanders and Kanaks, 1700 millimeters; Kafirs, 1753; and the Maoris of New Zealand, 1757. To compare these with European peoples as to stature, we find that that of the English and Irish is 1690 millimeters; the Scotch, 1708; Swedes, 1700; Norwegians, 1728; Danes, 1685; Germans, 1680; French, 1667; Italians, 1668; and, last ly, Spaniards and Portuguese, 1658. The greatest circumference of the head is found among the Patagonians, 614 millimeters, and :Maoris, 600. Following these are the Kafir, 575; Nikobars, 567; north Slays, 554; Congo negroes, south Chinese, and Kanaks, 553: Tagals, Suudanese, and Roumanians, 532; Japanese, 550; Bugis and Jews, 545; Amboi nese, 544; Javanese, 542; Hottentots, 540; and, lastly, the Zingani and Siamese, 529.
Stature and circumference of head generally stand to each other in opposite relations; although there are exceptions, as in the case of the Siamese with small stature and small head, and the Patagonians with great height and large heads. The breadth of the root of the nose is found greatest among the Patagonians, 41 millimeters; less among the Congo negroes, 36; Australians, Maoris, and south Chinese, 35; Sundatiese. Amboinese, Bugis, Nikobars, Tagals, and Kanaks, 34; north Chinese, Kafirs, north Slays, Roumanians, Magyars, and Zingani, 33; Jews, Japanese, Siamese, Javanese, and Hottentots, 32. The Jews and Patagonians excel in length of nose, 71 millimeters. Following these are the Kanaks, 54; Roumanians, 53; north Slays and Maoris, 52; Tagals, 51; Japanese and north Chinese, 50; Siamese, Magyars, Zingani, Madurese, 49; Amboinese, 48; Nikobars, 47; Sundanese, Javanese, south Chinese, Kafirs, 46; Hottentots, 44; Congo negroes, 42; Bugis, 41; and Australians, 30. The breadth of the nostrils gives quite another arrange ment. Here we find the Australians excel, 52 millimeters; then come Congo negroes, 48; Kafirs and Patagonians, 44; Tagals, 42; Nikobars, 41; Hottentots and Sundanese, 40; Malay races, 39; south Chinese, 37; north Chinese, 36; Japanese, north Slays, Rouma nians, Zingani, 35; Magyars and Jews, 34. With regard to the bust, it is found that the North American Indians and the Polynesians excel all others in size. Next to them come the north, middle, and east Europeans; after them come the west Europeans, negroes, and after them the south Europeans, who are followed by the east Asiatics and Malays. Among European peoples, in respect of race, we find the narrowest chests among the Semites, followed in order by Romance, Hefts, Fins, Zingani, Germans, and Slays. Interesting results are obtained by comparison of the length of arm and the leg bones. Among east Europeans the leg-bones throughout are longer than the arm; among'Austrabans, Polynesians, and especially east Asiatics and Patagonians, the leg bones are shorter than the arm; among Africans, only, the Congo negroes have the leg bones longer than the arm. See ANTHROPOLOGY.